National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Warner Bros. released Scooby-Doo in June 2002, bringing the beloved Hanna-Barbera cartoon to live action for the first time. Directed by Raja Gosnell, the film blended practical effects with early-era digital animation to realize Scooby himself, marking a notable moment in the transition toward CGI-driven family comedies. It performed strongly at the box office and remains a touchstone for a generation who grew up with the original animated series.

This cell, titled Shaggy and the Luna Ghost, captures three consecutive frames from the trailer featuring Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers facing Nicholas Hope's Luna Ghost, a white-costumed figure bearing a smiley face, in a darkened setting. The sequential nature of the frames preserves a rare sense of motion from a single suspended moment.